“When you are writing, you do not need to be as good as Poe, Shakespeare or Rowling. You need to be as good as you!”
“Writing all day every day is good, but it’s not good enough. You need to have your clone ghostwriting for you too.”
“If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!”
“The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.”
“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.”
“If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.”